Our Research Projects

Driving innovation through funded and collaborative research initiatives.

Funded & Collaborative Projects

A look into our ongoing and completed projects sponsored by national agencies and industry partners.

Engineering Bacterial Chassis and Development of Bioprocess Strategies for Efficient Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Sugars to Platform Chemicals

Funded by: Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

Ongoing

This project aims to develop a robust L. plantarum strain capable of converting lignocellulosic biomass into platform chemicals. We are applying CRISPR-Cas9 tools for genome editing and pathway regulation to improve titers and yields

Bulk chemicals Metabolic Engineering Bioprocess Engineering

Infrastructure and Development of Technologies for Pre-clinical evaluation, Product establishment and Platform integration for Onco-theranostic applications

SERB-funded joint project with Cancer Institute (WIA)

Completed

This project aided in the discovery of antibody fragments and peptide binders for the early diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer

Antibody design Protein Expression and Purification Oncotheranostics

Development of Improved Process for Production of 3-Hydorxypropionic Acid from Crude Glycerol and Lignocellulosic Biomass Derived Glucose

DBT-funded joint project with Veltech Institute

Completed

This project successfully developed a strategy to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid from crude glycerol and lignocellulosic biomass-derived glucose using metabolic engineering. The engineered strains was subjected to batch and fed-batch fermentation to increase the titre, rate and yields

Metabolic Engineering Bioprocess Strategies Platform Chemical Production